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There’s something unsettling about a sealed room, especially one hidden inside a home. In 1976, a phone call to the National Museum of Ireland reported the discovery of a “cave” during construction work outside Wicklow Town. Dr Joseph Raftery, Keeper of Irish Antiquities, sent young archaeologist Eamonn Kelly t to investigate, on what would turn out to be his first ever fieldwork assignment. The report was misleading: it wasn’t a cave, or even a souterrain, but a sealed-up brick oven connected to a fireplace in Coolbeg House. The structure had been blocked off in the early twentieth century.
Inside that bricked-up oven was a strange and silent cache.
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There’s something unsettling about a sealed room, especially one hidden inside a home. In 1976, a phone call to the National Museum of Ireland reported the discovery of a “cave” during construction work outside Wicklow Town. Dr Joseph Raftery, Keeper of Irish Antiquities, sent young archaeologist Eamonn Kelly t to investigate, on what would turn out to be his first ever fieldwork assignment. The report was misleading: it wasn’t a cave, or even a souterrain, but a sealed-up brick oven connected to a fireplace in Coolbeg House. The structure had been blocked off in the early twentieth century.
Inside that bricked-up oven was a strange and silent cache.
SOURCES:
C O N T A C T
https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine
We ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :)
Additional Sounds: Pixabay
Part of @Podmoth Media Network
Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/
X: @PodMothNetwork
IG: @PodMoth
Featured Podmoth podcast: Caffeinated Conspiracies
Get early, ad-free & bonus content on Patreon.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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